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Jewelry for the Obama Inauguration

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Diamond and Pink Sapphire Cherry Blossom Brooch

The 2009 Presidential Inauguration is inspiring special commemorative clothing and jewelry all over the world. We found two jewelers in/near Washington D.C. whose pieces are truly extraordinary: Ginger and Chas Schwartz & Son.

Featured in our gallery are cherry blossom items, like the pink sapphire and diamond Cherry Blossom Brooch you see here ($36,000), silver and gold monuments, and a $10,000 diamond Obama necklace or brooch certain to create some real Obama Drama.

The designers include Chas Schwartz & Son as well as Suzanne Somersall and R-Nichols, both available from Ginger (in Bethesda, MD and Winter Park, FL). If you've never bought inauguration commemorative jewelry before, perhaps 2009 is the year for a change.

Gallery: Inauguration Jewelry

pink sapphire and diamond Cherry Blossom Brooch from Oscar Heyman at Chas. Schwartz & Son

Sterling silver cherry blossom drop earrings

Sterling silver cherry blossom charm necklace

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Lansdowne Resort Sneaks In One More Inauguration Package

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels

I thought we were done with the six-figure presidential inauguration hotel packages but the Lansdowne Resort in Virginia has just announced another one. The package however is more about being treated in "presidential style" than about the event itself. The package which is priced at $200,900, a portion of which will be donated to the U.S.O., includes three nights in a presidential suite for two, as well as three additional rooms for two people each. Guests be given round trip private air transportation for up to eight people, via NetJets, from any destination in the continental U.S. The suite will have a full bar, caviar, Chicago deep dish pizza and a 60-inch flat screen high definition TV for watching swearing-in ceremonies. Other treats include daily breakfast buffet, private fitness sessions, nightly premium cigars and brandy by the Great Room fireplace or outdoor fire-pit and a private shopping tour to Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue with a personal assistant. The package also includes spa treatments, inaugural souvenirs from Washington-based jewelry designer Ann Hand and a case of private label Loudoun County Virginia wine. The main event of the stay is a private party for 200 people which will include the same Hawaiian specialties featured at the President's Hawaii State Inaugural Ball, as well as dinner, drinks, and a live orchestra.

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Washington D.C. Residents Seek Inauguration Week Rental Windfall

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Whenever there is a major event in a city there will be people who try to cash in on the fact that they live nearby. Each year the Super Bowl brings a brisk rental business to whatever town it is being held in so it stands to reason that the upcoming Presidential inauguration would be a boom time for those who live near Capitol Hill. But the economy has reared its ugly head and there are still places to stay. D.C. resident Adam McKay set ups a website for Capitol Hill homeowners called inaugurationhomes.com with more than 40 places to stay listed. So far he has had no takers, partly because prices on his site start at $500 for a very modest studio apartment. You'll do a little better pricewise on the Washington DC Craigslist although prices are ambitiously high there too. The bottom line is that while hotels may be booked in the area, houses and apartments are ready to take your money during inauguration week and they may even be willing to drop their prices in the coming days.

[via WJLA]

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A Pair of Seats to Inauguration Reach $62,500

by Tracy Chait (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Auctions, Events

Ever since Barack Obama was elected our 44th President, many Americans have been scrambling to make travel plans for Inauguration Day. At Charity Buzz, an auction that ends in just a few hours is offering not only two premium seats at the Inauguration ceremonies, but an almost-impossible-to-snag photo op with the new Prez, as well as tickets to various Inauguration Week balls, transport to said events and an autograph from President Obama.

The Obama meet and greet was up to $62,500 as of twenty-four hours before auction's end. The proceeds will go to the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation.

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Expedia Helps Travelers to Inauguration Day

by Tracy Chait (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels

In anticipation of record-breaking crowds (think everyone at Grant Park bringing +1s), Expedia has created an Inaugural Page to help travelers facilitate their visit to the nation's capital.

The January 20th inauguration of Barack Obama as President is expected to draw so many visitors to DC that travelers will need to seek out hotels in nearby suburbs like Bethesda, Maryland.

Expedia offers a number of tips from local experts on getting there and where to stay--any hotel close to the Metro.

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